| |
Mathematics |
| |
-
MATH 690 - Selected Topics 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None
|
| |
-
MATH 696 - Research Project 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None
|
| |
-
MATH 799 - Mathematics Comprehensive Examination 0 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Advancement to Candidacy, Completion of all prerequisites, resolution of all Incomplete grades The comprehensive examination is a comprehensive test on the core concepts and issues within the discipline. The examination is a three hour test administered by the Graduate School.
|
Mental Health Counseling |
| |
-
MHCO 650 - Theories and Applications in African-Centered Counseling 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): COUN 633 This course is designed as an introduction to African-centered counseling theories and praxes. The course includes historical and foundational concepts relevant to counseling persons of African descent throughout the diaspora. The course will also explore relevant topics, such as identity, education, ethics, spirituality, family, social justice, and biology from an African-centered perspective. Students will learn the importance of African culture in relation to the psychotherapy process.
|
| |
-
MHCO 671 - Foundations in Mental Health Counseling 3 Credits
|
| |
-
MHCO 700 - Prevention & Intervention in Mental Health Counseling 3 Credits
|
| |
-
MHCO 701 - Trauma and Crisis Counseling 3 Credits
This course is designed to prepare students to address trauma and crisis within various settings. The course will cover theories and models of interventions, techniques, and assessments, and wellness strategies from a developmental and systematic approach. Students will understand the impact of crises, disasters, and other trauma-causing events to clinical treatment.
|
| |
-
MHCO 744 - Psychodynamics of Psychopathology I 3 Credits
This course involves the study of both normal and abnormal behavior, with special emphasis upon the identification and assessment of mental disorders included in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Instruction will be devoted to the study of how the DSM mental disorders compare to and contrast with normal behavior, the criteria for mental disorders, and standard diagnostic and assessment procedures. Mental disorders and the normal developmental behavior of both children and adults will be included in the course.
|
| |
-
MHCO 775 - Psychopharmacology 3 Credits
This course is designed for non-medical psychotherapists and counselors. Students will be presented an overview of the current therapeutic use of psychotropic drugs. A brief history of psychopharmacology, an overview of neuroanatomy, a survey on current research on neurotransmitters, and are view of pharmacological terminology will be given. Specific drugs to be considered include the narcotic analgesics, the sedative hypnotics, stimulants, neuroleptics and atypical antipsychotics, anxiolytics, antidepressants, and mood stabilizers including lithium and the anticonvulsants
|
| |
-
MHCO 799 - Mental Health Counseling Comprehensive Examination 0 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Advancement to Candidacy, Completion of all prerequisites, resolution of all Incomplete grades
*MHCO 799 CPCE/Comprehensive Exam. Note: After completing Levels I, II, & III classes, students may take the CPECE (Comp Exam). Students must register and pass the CPCE/Com Exam before registering for MHCO 806 and MHCO 861 The comprehensive examination is a comprehensive test on the core concepts and issues within the discipline. The examination is a three hour test administered by the Graduate School.
|
| |
-
MHCO 805 - Internship Advisement 1 Credits
Mental Health Counseling students should register for this one credit class when they have not completed internship during the semester they have registered for it. This course provides supervision while a student is completing the required field experience.
|
| |
-
MHCO 806 - Internship in Mental Health Counseling II 3 Credits
This course places emphasis on advanced practical counseling with supervised experience in community and/or agency programs. The role of the administrator of community counseling services is considered. Problems and issues in counseling are examined. This is the second internship semester of the two-semester experience and emphasizes advanced skill development. An intensive field experience is needed. Students will complete a total of 400 hours of internship experience of which a minimum of 160 hours must be in direct clinical contact.
|
| |
-
MHCO 833 - Advanced Techniques in Psychotherapy
This course is an overview and application of treatment models used in therapy to treat various mental health disorders. Specific techniques used in major theoretical models to treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders will be reviewed. Psychoanalytical/psychodynamic models, cognitive behavioral models, and the existential-humanistic theoretical approaches/models will be used to access mental health disorders. Students will role play various techniques in class using these treatment models for various disorders.
|
| |
-
MHCO 836 - Practicum in Mental Health Counseling 3 Credits
This course places emphasis on practical counseling with supervised experience in community and/or agency programs. The role of the administrator of community counseling services is considered. Problems and issues in consultation and in counseling are examined.
|
| |
-
MHCO 850 - Advanced Theories and Applications in African-Centered Couseling 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): COUN 650 This course is designed as an advanced focus on African and African-centered counseling theories and applications. The course will explore the definition, etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of illness from various peoples across the developmental lifespan from African-centered perspectives. Students will also examine African traditional medicine as it exists in communal, familial and individual settings. Students will examine the intergenerational effects of internal and external colonization and enslavement on people of African ancestry. Students will explore systems of mental healing throughout the continent and diaspora from various ethnic groups across time to develop a specific approach to African-centered counseling.
|
| |
-
MHCO 858 - Internship in Mental Health Counseling I 3 Credits
This course places emphasis on advanced practical counseling with supervised experience in community and/or agency programs. The role of the administrator of community counseling services is considered. Problems and issues in counseling are examined. This is the first of the two-semester internship experiences required for Mental Health Counseling majors and emphasizes advanced skill development. An intensive field experience is needed. Students will complete a total of 400 hours of internship experience of which a minimum of 160 hours must be in direct clinical contact with clients/patients.
|
| |
-
MHCO 861 - Seminar in Counseling Psychology 3 Credits
This course is designed to provide guidance and assistance in the preparation of writing the seminar research paper, which includes a conceptual manuscript. The course focuses on a review of relevant literature on current trends, issues and problems in the counseling profession. Conceptual manuscripts focuses on new ways of developing, utilizing and critiquing counseling theories, developing innovative counseling treatment models and interventions, position papers, etc.
|
Nursing |
| |
-
NURS 502 - Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations For Advanced Practice Nursing 4 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This course introduces graduate nursing students to foundational theories and concepts for application to the professional role of an advanced practiced nurse. The process of theory development and critique of selected paradigms, models, and theories are examined. An overview of the health care delivery systems, health care financing, health care policy and other selected concepts is provided.
|
| |
-
NURS 509 - Research in Nursing I 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This course is designed to provide advanced knowledge and experience with the research process, including the research problem, purpose, research questions, conceptual framework, literature review, ethical considerations, and methodology. Critical analysis of research studies is also conducted. The appraisal and utilization of evidence-based research in clinical practice is emphasized. (4 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 604 - Epidemiology 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This lecture course introduces epidemiology and provides an in-depth study of factors that impact the health of populations. It serves as the foundation for understanding medical research, public health, and preventive medicine. Measures of morbidity and mortality used in epidemiology are examined. Research methods used in descriptive and analytic epidemiology will be described. The application of statistical models to test hypotheses and the documentation of results for epidemiological studies in the community, and the screening of diseases in the community will be explored. Content areas in epidemiology that include infectious diseases, occupational and environmental health, molecular and genetic epidemiology, and psychosocial epidemiology are analyzed. Professional issues in epidemiology will be discussed. (3 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 607 - Advanced Health Assessment 4 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This course builds on the undergraduate health assessment course by enhancing the student’s ability to recognize, interpret, and act on abnormal physical assessment findings in adults and children across the wellness-illness continuum. Emphasis is on the synthesis and application of selected theories, principles, and techniques from nursing and the physical and behavioral sciences essential in obtaining the database and in making a differential and nursing diagnosis of patient complaints commonly encountered in primary care settings. (Two hours of lecture and two hours of supervised practice per week)
|
| |
-
NURS 608 - Pharmacotherapeutics 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): NURS 610 Advanced Pathophysiology This lecture course is designed to provide the family nurse practitioner student with knowledge of pharmacotherapeutics. Common categories of drugs most frequently prescribed in primary care to treat minor acute and stable chronic conditions are discussed. These include antibiotics, analgesics, anti-inflammatory agents, decongestants, antihistamines, anti-tussives, and antihypertensives. Drugs prescribed for respiratory, genitourinary, integumentary, endocrine, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, sensory, cardiovascular, and mental health problems are also a major focus of this course. (3 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 610 - Advanced Pathophysiology 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This course focuses on the pathophysiology of body systems and clinical manifestations of pathological alterations in structures and functions of body systems. Underlying principles common to all disease processes are addressed. This course provides the foundation for primary care family nurse practitioner practice that includes diagnosis, treatment of minor acute and stable chronic conditions, and the promotion of health of clients. (3 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 620 - Nurse Educator Role 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This course provides the student in the nurse educator role with fundamental knowledge about the evolution of this role, the legal and ethical issues in nursing education, and the role of the nurse educator in higher education and healthcare organizations. Content includes information about the roles and responsibilities of the nurse educator, application of learning theories, and issues impacting teaching and learning. (3 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 621 - Specialty in Advanced Practice Nursing 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This course provides students the opportunity to enhance knowledge and skills of advanced practice nursing within a selected specialty. Seminars allow students to apply theory and evidence-based practices to management of selected health related problems. Planned practicum learning experiences are provided to enable students to acquire skills that are utilized in advanced practice nursing. (2 lecture hours; 5 practicum hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 622 - Curriculum Design in Nursing Education 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This course explores curriculum development from a historical and philosophical perspective. The formal process of curriculum planning, development, implementation, and evaluation is presented. Strategies for curriculum design and evaluation in the academic and healthcare settings are highlighted. (3 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 624 - Technology in Nursing Education 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This course prepares students to design technology-based instruction for nursing education. Students will apply principles of learning theory and curriculum development for appropriate decision-making in the application of a variety of educational technologies. (3 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 626 - Instructional Strategies and Evaluation 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This course prepares students for the application of instructional strategies and methods for teaching in the academic and health care settings. Skills essential to the role of nurse educator through designing, applying, and appraising instructional methods are addressed. An overview of methods utilized for evaluating learning will be provided including test construction, item analysis, teaching effectiveness, and clinical performance evaluation. (3 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 628 - Teaching Practicum 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This course provides students in the nurse educator role the opportunity to develop skills in the teaching-learning process, curriculum development, and evaluation. Planned learning experiences are provided to enable students to participate in all phases of the teaching role, including clinical instruction in an area of specialization, classroom instruction, staff development, and course evaluation. (1 lecture hour; 10 practicum hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 712 - Primary Care I: Adult Clients 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): NURS 502, 509, 607,608, 610 This lecture course introduces the family nurse practitioner role in primary care settings. The primary care of adult clients with common acute and stable chronic conditions is discussed. Theories and concepts utilized for health promotion, health protection, disease prevention and health restoration are explored, with an emphasis on vulnerable and underserved adults and their families. Theories and research from nursing and other scientific disciplines are integrated into a framework that supports clinical decision making in the identification and management of adult clients. The family nurse practitioner’s role in collaborating with an interprofessional team of health care providers is discussed. Legal and ethical issues related to the provision of primary care to adults, are examined. Factors that impact the delivery of health services to vulnerable and underserved adults and their families are examined. (3 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 713 - Primary Care I: Adult Clients - Practicum 2 Credits
Prerequisite(s): NURS 502, 509, 607, 608, 610 This practicum provides opportunities to apply knowledge and skills in advanced health assessment, diagnostic reasoning, health planning, and illness and disease management in the primary care of adult clients. Students work with experienced nurse practitioner and physician preceptors. Students provide direct primary care services to adult clients with minor acute and stable chronic conditions. Health education using teaching skills aimed at health promotion, disease prevention, and management of common acute and stable chronic illnesses is implemented. Students engage in collaborative care planning with members of the interprofessional health care team.
|
| |
-
NURS 714 - Primary Care II: Women’s Health, Obstetric and Pediatric Clients 5 Credits
Prerequisite(s): NURS 712, 713 This lecture course introduces the family nurse practitioner role in the provision of primary care to women throughout the life cycle, obstetrical clients, and pediatric clients (from birth to 18 years of age). The primary care of women and children with common acute and stable chronic conditions is discussed. The comprehensive care guidelines for the management of obstetrical clients and their families are explained. Emphasis is placed on the synthesis of theories and research from nursing and other scientific disciplines to engage in clinical decision-making, and evidence based practice. Health promotion, health protection, disease prevention, health restoration, and cultural competence are explored. The family nurse practitioner’s role in collaborating with an interprofessional team of health care providers is discussed. Legal and ethical issues related to the provision of primary care to women, children and their families are appraised. The delivery of primary care health services to vulnerable and underserved women and children are examined. (5 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 715 - Primary Care II: Women’s Health, Obstetric and Pediaric Clients - Practicum 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): NURS 712, 713 This practicum provides opportunities to apply knowledge and skills in advanced health assessment, diagnostic reasoning, health planning, and management of clients in obstetric /gynecologic (OB/GYN), and pediatric primary care settings. Students work with experienced nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and physicians as their preceptors. Students provide direct primary care services to women and children with common acute and stable chronic conditions; prenatal and postpartum care to obstetrical clients. Health education using teaching skills aimed at health promotion, disease prevention, and health management is implemented. Collaborative care planning with members of an interprofessional health care team is utilized. (15 clock hours.)
|
| |
-
NURS 716 - Primary Care III: Older Adult Clients 2 Credits
Prerequisite(s): NURS 712, 713 This lecture course prepares the family nurse practitioner student for the role of primary care provider to older adult clients with common acute and stable chronic health conditions. This course emphasizes health promotion, health protection, disease prevention, and health management of the aging adult and their family. Selected theories and evidence based practice guidelines are discussed in relation to assessment, diagnosis, and health management. The family nurse practitioner’s role in collaborating and consulting with other members of the health care team is discussed. Social, economic, legal and ethical issues specific to the care of older adults are examined. Health policies that impact the delivery of health services to vulnerable and underserved adults and their families are explored. (2 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 717 - Primary Care III: Older Adult Clients - Practicum 2 Credits
Prerequisite(s): NURS 712, 713 This practicum provides opportunities to apply knowledge and skills in health assessment, diagnostic reasoning, health planning, and illness and disease management in the primary care of older adult clients. Students work with experienced nurse practitioner and physician preceptors in acute care and long - term care facilities. Students provide comprehensive care services to older adult clients with minor acute and stable chronic conditions. Students engage in collaborative care planning with members of the interprofessional health care team. (10 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 718 - Primary Care IV: Family Nurse Practitioner Role Seminar 2 Credits
Prerequisite(s): NURS 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717 This seminar course emphasizes the integration and application of theory and evidence based practice in the role of family nurse practitioner (FNP) in providing primary care to clients and families across the lifespan. Issues related to role transition from professional nurse to independent family nurse practitioner are discussed. Leadership roles, organizational theories and dynamics are examined. Health care policy, health economics, and health care finance are analyzed for their impact on vulnerable and underserved populations, as well as on FNP practice. Regulatory, legal and credentialing requirements for practice are explored. (2 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 719 - Primary Care IV: Family Nurse Practioner Role Seminar - Practicum 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): NURS 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717 This practicum emphasizes the application of theories and concepts when providing primary care to clients across the lifespan. There is an emphasis on enhancement of socialization and role development while providing and evaluating direct primary care services to individuals and families. Students have an opportunity to apply and evaluate their critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills as well as their personal philosophy of primary care practice. (15 clock hours)
|
| |
-
NURS 730 - Seminar in Critical Issues for Advanced Practice Nursing 2 Credits
Prerequisite(s): This course is taken in the last semester of the program. This course focuses on current issues influencing nursing practice and the status of the nursing profession. Content focuses on evolution of advanced practice roles, scientific basis for advanced practice, managed care and issues related to health care policy, legislation, finance and economic concerns. This course is taken during the final semester of the curriculum. (2 clock hours)
|
Organizational Communications |
| |
-
ORGC 502 - Communication Theory and Research 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None Provides an understanding of organizational communication theories. Includes description, application, and critique of theories. In addition, this course introduces the basic framework for communication research.
|
| |
-
ORGC 504 - Organizational Communications 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None Provides introduction to human communication in organizations. Special attention is given to concepts of motivation, leadership, job satisfaction, goal-setting, task design, operant conditioning, cross-cultural and small group communication.
|
| |
-
ORGC 522 - Corporate Communications 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None Presents an overview of the fundamentals of telecommunications technology and applications in organizations, including human factors in organizations, acquisition and procurement, market competition, logistical planning, research and development, and relations with carriers and manufacturers.
|
| |
-
ORGC 606 - Domestic Telecommunications Policy 3 Credits
506 Prerequisite(s): None Development of telecommunications technology industry and policy in the United States, and the interaction of private and public policy in research and development, market entry, competition, ownership and acquisition, deregulation, business decisions, and social impact.
|
| |
-
ORGC 607 - Leadership and Change Communication 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Advancement to Candidacy This course explores the relationships between organizational leadership and implementation of effective change. It explores the differences between management and leadership. In addition, the course investigates several Leadership theories, the process of innovation adoption, persuasion, ideas about change agentry, and the building of critical mass of adopters.
|
| |
-
ORGC 608 - Telecommunications National Development 3 Credits
508 Prerequisite(s): None Explores the role of telecommunications in facilitating national development strategies and policies in developing countries. Major sectoral development targets will include: agriculture, health, population, democracy, human rights, education, and the environment.
|
| |
-
ORGC 612 - Special Topics on Organizational Communication 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): ORGC 502 504, 607 This course allows students to choose an interest area in organizational/corporate communications to investigate during the semester. These areas include healthcare, educational context, crisis management, sports management, entertainment, business, and media among others. Students select an area of interest with the approval of the professor and then apply organizational and corporate communication principles through a research paper and presentation.
|
| |
-
ORGC 627 - Mediation and Conflict Resolution 3 Credits
527 Prerequisite(s): None Examines the process of mediation, negotiation, and conflict resolution, with particular reference to organizations. Reviews communicative acts that shape realities of mediators and disputants and influence outcomes. In addition, this course suggests ways to resolve conflicts effectively.
|
| |
-
ORGC 630 - Corporate Advertising 3 Credits
530 Prerequisite(s): None Theory and practice in the management of advertising in the organization. In depth study of advertising management functions or analysis of objectives, planning, staffing, budgeting, campaign media and publications in organizations.
|
| |
-
ORGC 631 - Organizations and Intercultural Communications 3 Credits
531 Prerequisite(s): None This course gives the student an advanced understanding of intercultural communications - verbal and nonverbal - in organizational spheres. It demonstrates the existence of competing values, beliefs, norms, and practices in organizations, particularly in a world where organizations are increasingly inhabited by diverse voices. The course also investigates the differences in cultural intersections that exist between localized and globalized organizations. The essence of this course is to provide the student with the opportunity to understand and adapt successfully to these cultural interactions and to ultimately prepare the student for the organizational reality of interacting with diverse groups.
|
| |
-
ORGC 634 - Public Relations Management 3 Credits
534 Prerequisite(s): None Analysis of public relations function in organizations. In-depth study of specialized areas to include public relations analysis, objectives, planning, staffing, budgeting, campaign media and publications in organizations.
|
| |
-
ORGC 636 - International Telecommunications 3 Credits
536 Prerequisite(s): None Examination of theories of telecommunications. Investigation of various contemporary social, economic, political, cultural and educational problems in international telecommunications. Explores telecommunications across national borders and the role of telecommunications in developing countries.
|
| |
-
ORGC 645 - Communication Ethics 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
This course examines communication ethics that rests in the juncture of philosophy of communication through the exploration of free speech; advertising; public relations; public discourse; and health, organizational, interpersonal, intercultural, business, and professional communication.
|
| |
-
ORGC 735 - Organizational Publications 3 Credits
535 Prerequisite(s): None This course focuses on internal publications as well as other organizational writings, such as memos, reports, proposals, and letters. A major aspect of this course is a review of communications tenets guiding organizational publication design and writings. This course involves the use of desktop publishing software.
|
| |
-
ORGC 738 - Applied Research Design 3 Credits
538 Prerequisite(s): ORGC 502 & ORGC 504 Course in research methodology which stresses the need for theory development or framework as basis for organizational communications research. Current literature will be reviewed to include methodology employed and issues of theory building. Students will be guided in developing their own research design and empirical study.
|
| |
-
ORGC 799 - Organizational Communications Comprehensive Examination 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Advancement to Candidacy, Completion of all prerequisites, resolution of all Incomplete grades The comprehensive examination is a comprehensive test on the core concepts and issues within the discipline. The examination is a three hour test administered by the Graduate School.
|
| |
-
ORGC 810 - Practicum in Telecommunications Policy 3 Credits
510 Prerequisite(s): Advancement to Candidacy Practical study within a telecommunications environment. This is designed to provide the student with in-depth knowledge of daily activities associated with telecommunications management, policy-making, and implementation.
|
| |
-
ORGC 815 - Thesis 3 Credits
540 Prerequisite(s): ORGC 502, ORGC 504, & ORGC 738 Advisory: Comprehensive examination should have been passed by the student. An empirical research study. The research topic should be one that will further the student’s educational development by developing research and other skills that will help the student keep abreast of the field and enable the student to pursue independent work.
|
| |
-
ORGC 816 - Thesis Advisement 3 Credits
601 Prerequisite(s): None Thesis writing advisement is provided to students who fail to complete ORGC 540. This 1 credit hour course features research related advisement and an oral examination at completion. ***Taken only when student fails to complete ORGC 540.
|
Psychology |
| |
-
PSYC 501 - Principles and Philosophy Of Adlerian Counseling 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None Historical, philosophical, psychological and sociological basis of counseling in different settings (school, agency and community) and with different populations will be explored. Professional certification and ethical standards will be reviewed. Special emphasis will be given to the socioteleoanalytic (Adlerian) approach to counseling. Eight to ten additional counseling theories and models will be explored, including Gestalt, Client/centered, Behaviorist, Rational Emotive Theory, TA, and Psychoanalytic processes.
|
| |
-
PSYC 502 - Principles and Philosophy Of Counseling 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None Historical, philosophical, psychological and sociological basis of counseling in different settings (school, agency and community) and with different populations will be explored. Intervention strategies, theoretical models, working contexts, relationships to other professions, ethics, obstacles to service delivery and personal qualities of counselors are reviewed. Course activity includes the use of printed, recorded and filmed techniques, and the observation of live interviews. (This course is required for all M.Ed. degrees, whether Eclectic or Adlerian.)
|
| |
-
PSYC 601 - Biological Bases of Human Behavior 3 Credits
506 Prerequisite(s): None This course involves an examination of research on the physiological basis of human behavior, including considerations of sensory phenomena, motor coordination, emotion, drives, and the neurological basis of learning.
|
| |
-
PSYC 604 - Psychological Foundations 3 Credits
504 Prerequisite(s): None The course deals with psychological principles for guiding learning of children, adolescents and young persons. Emphasis is placed on all aspects of learning – cognitive, social and emotional – and on factors in the environment affecting such learning. An overview of the major theories of learning is presented.
|
| |
-
PSYC 606 - Biological Bases of Human Behavior 3 Credits
506 Prerequisite(s): None This course will emphasize ways in which hereditary and physiological processes and conditions influence human behavior. Implications for understanding and working with people will be considered.
|
| |
-
PSYC 607 - Social Bases of Human Development 3 Credits
507 Prerequisite(s): None This course analyzes the socially inherited and transmitted patterns of pressure, expectations, and limitations learned by an individual as he grows up. These are considered in relation to the patterns of feeling and behaving that emerge as the result of growing up in one’s social group. An anecdotal record of a living person is required.
|
| |
-
PSYC 610 - Behavior Modification in the Classroom 3 Credits
510 Prerequisite(s): None This is a course in the theory and application of basic behavior principles to the practical problems encountered in education. These principles are based on recent behavioral research and provide a systematic procedure to build and maintain desirable student performances and to reduce or eliminate inappropriate behavior.
|
| |
-
PSYC 611 - Understanding the Critical Adult Life Stages 3 Credits
511 Prerequisite(s): None This course is planned to focus on the typical problems faced by adults at the various stages of early adulthood, middle adulthood and late adulthood. Emphasis is placed on theories, perspectives and research on problems of adult development and strategies for counseling clients at the various stages of adult development. Site visits to institutions for dealing with adult problems in order to study and observe the organization, purpose, types of clients, and procedures and techniques used are required.
|
| |
-
PSYC 701 - History And Theory of Pastoral Counseling 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None An examination will be made of the historical, philosophical, and psychological foundations of the pastoral care/counseling movement. Emphasis will be placed on the influence of the following psychologies: Freudian, Adlerian, Jungian, Rogerian, and Humanistic, philosophies: existentialism, personalism, pragmatism, and phenomenalism; and theologies: Fundamentalism, Neo-Orthodoxy, Liberalism, and Existentialism. The clinical pastoral counseling movement will be investigated by the demands made by the social and cultural trends and reforms of the 20th century.
|
| |
-
PSYC 703 - Pastoral Diagnosis and Psychotherapy (DSMIV) 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None Through demonstrations and practice students will learn how to conduct a pastoral diagnostic interview, set therapy goals, and devise a counselee treatment plan. Through this process they will gain competency in empathy, active listening, observation, non-verbal communication, tracking meanings, and the understanding of the counselee’s religious and spiritual dynamics. They will be more sensitive to God’s presence in the counseling experience and be able to identify and treat therapeutically the potential psychopathologies of guilt, anger, resentment, fear, distrust, sin, rejection, conversion, confession, forgiveness, judgment, redemption, and salvation. Attention will be given to a pastoral counselor’s use and abuse of power through the techniques of personal reflection, prayer, and blessing.
|
| |
-
PSYC 705 - Religious and Spiritual Resources in Counseling 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None Attention will be given to the development of diagnostic skills in order to identify the counselee’s religious and spiritual resources that can be utilized in facing psychological problems. Counselors will learn how to distinguish their counselee’s existential questions, which are inherent in interpersonal conflicts. Issues of counselee self-worth, self-esteem, self-image, and self-confidence will be addressed. Students will learn how to identify and examine individual and institutional belief and value systems. Emphasis will be given to the development of the counselor’s own spiritual resources to enhance his or her counseling and to decrease the possibility of “counselor burnout.” Students will be required to write their own spiritual and religious biography.
|
| |
-
PSYC 707 - Congregational Interpersonal Relations and Pastoral Care 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 731, 701 The purpose of the course is to explore the meaning of pastoral care in the larger systems context of a congregation organization or institution. What is the role of Pastoral care in administration, outreach, small groups educational programs and worship? What does one need to know about Pastoral care planning for the different ages of persons? How does a Pastoral leader help a particular congregation practices its beliefs and values to enhance the quality of Pastoral care?
|
| |
-
PSYC 710 - Intelligence Testing 3 Credits
610 Prerequisite(s): Fifteen hours of psychology or counseling courses or permission The course emphasizes the administration, scoring, and interpretation of infant, child, and adult intelligence tests, emphasizing the Stanford-Binet, WPPSI, WISCR, and WAIS. Included will be a survey of the development of IQ tests, theories of intelligence and current trends and developments in intellectual assessment.
|
| |
-
PSYC 711 - Projective Testing 3 Credits
611 Prerequisite(s): Fifteen hours of psychology or counseling courses The course will introduce and emphasize the basic administration, scoring and interpretation of major projective child, adolescent, and adult tests: The Rorschach Inkblot Test, The Thematic Apperception Test, The Children’s Apperception Test, Draw a Person-Tree-House; Three Wishes; Guess Why Game; Bender-Gestalt Test of Visual Perception (Projective, and Minnesota Mutiphasic Personality Inventory). Included will be a survey of the development of projective tests, underlying theories associated with them, and current trends and developments in projective assessment.
|
| |
-
PSYC 714 - Clinical Assessment 3 Credits
514 Prerequisite(s): None This course integrates various assessment methodologies, including Life Style Assessment techniques, MMPI, MBTI, Beck Depression scales, Intelligence Testing, Projective Testing, DSM-IV Diagnoses, Priorities Interview Technique, and the TAT, for a comprehensive process of assessment. The purposes, techniques, and process of clinical assessment will be explored. Techniques for understanding of non-verbal, verbal, and interpersonal transactions, including the recapitulation of the family structure and dynamics are examined. Students are introduced to situational assessment, psychological inference and report writing.
|
| |
-
PSYC 730 - Adlerian Theory & Practice and Other Theories 3 Credits
530 Prerequisite(s): 6 hours in the Adlerian field, including PSYC 501 This course is designed to present the basic theoretical concepts of the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs and to cover at least three other theoretical counseling approaches common to the counseling profession. Among the other theories covered are Gestalt, Cline/centered, Behaviorist, Rational Emotive Theory, TA, and Psychoanalytic processes. However, the application of Adlerian theory to the techniques and the theories of counseling will be stressed. Particular attention is paid to solution of individual, family, and other group problems. Students may expect to do field work and projects and to participate in a variety of demonstrations in various counseling settings. Comparison of Adlerian concepts with Eclectic theoretical concepts will be illustrated.
|
| |
-
PSYC 734 - Counseling Theory and Practice 3 Credits
534 Prerequisite(s): 6 hours in the field, including PSYC 502 In this course, several of the major approaches to counseling will be examined. The theoretical bases and major concepts of these approaches, as well as the process of counseling proposed by the advocates of different schools, will be studied. The theories studied will include client-centered, Gestalt, Behaviorist, and Adlerian.
|
| |
-
PSYC 739 - Dynamics of Group Behavior 3 Credits
539 Prerequisite(s): None This course is primarily concerned with the way in which small, face-to-face groups function and the factors which influence their functioning. Secondly, factors that influence organization functioning will be considered. The effect of the individual’s behavior on other group members and the group will be examined. Various experiential activities, such as role-playing, subgroup exercises and simulation will be used to demonstrate and analyze facets of group dynamics. The course is designed to assist teachers, administrators, managers, and curriculum workers.
|
| |
-
PSYC 744 - Psychodynamics of Psychopathology I 3 Credits
544 Prerequisite(s): None This course will present a foundation for the understanding of psychopathology. The basic constructs of normal and abnormal behavior will be studied dynamically.
|
| |
-
PSYC 775 - Psychopharmacology 3 Credits
575 Prerequisite(s): Admission to Psychotherapy Certificate program or 21 hours of graduate courses and permission of instructor This course is designed for non-medical psychotherapists and counselors. Students will be presented an overview of the current therapeutic use of psychotropic drugs. A brief history of psychopharmacology, an overview of neuroanatomy, a survey on current research on neurotransmitters, and a review of pharmacological terminology will be given. Specific drugs to be considered include the narcotic analgesics, the sedative hypnotics, stimulants, neuroleptic, anxiolytics, anti-depressants, and lithium.
|
| |
-
PSYC 780 - Legal/Ethical Issues in Therapy 3 Credits
580 Prerequisite(s): None This course is designed to provide the helping professional with the knowledge of the major ethical and legal issues in counseling and psychotherapy today. Learners will be exposed to such topics as ethical theory, laws and court decisions, incompetency, malpractice, licensure and certification, privileged communications, DSM III and Family Therapy, and legal liabilities affecting psychologists, and legal obligations of psychotherapists. Ethical standards for individual practitioners will be examined in detail. Participants will be involved in some case research, group discussions, group reports, and individual presentations of ethical and legal issues in the field of counseling and psychotherapy.
|
| |
-
PSYC 793 - Art Therapy for Young Children 3 Credits
593 Prerequisite(s): None This course is designed to teach, through student participation, methods for using art as a therapeutic aid in working with behavior problem children and adolescents. This class will focus on the graphic representations and expression depicted through drawings that illuminates certain interpretive data which will allow the counselor to help children understand themselves and their environments better.
|
| |
-
PSYC 794 - Art Therapy of Adults 3 Credits
594 Prerequisite(s): None The thrust of the course provides a didactic and experiential approach to the use of art in counseling. Through participation in directed art experiences, the learner will have the opportunity to assess personal self-awareness as well as learn how to evaluate the graphic product of others from an Adlerian psychological base.
|
| |
-
PSYC 799 - Counseling Psychology Comprehensive Examination 0 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Advancement to Candidacy, Completion of all prerequisites, resolution of all Incomplete grades The comprehensive examination is a comprehensive test on the core concepts and issues within the discipline. The examination is a three hour test administered by the Graduate School.
|
| |
-
PSYC 801 - Seminar Advisement 1 Credits
601 Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Counseling Psychology or Mental Health students should register for this one credit class when they have been unable to complete the seminar paper in one semester. With special permission of the instructor, a student can take COUN 801 to start the paper one semester before registering for COUN 861 if they have passed the Comprehensive Exam.
|
| |
-
PSYC 805 - Research Advisement 1 Credits
605 Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Counseling Psychology and Mental Health Counseling students should register for this one credit class when they have not completed internship during the semester they have registered for it. This course provides supervision while a student is completing the required field experience.
|
| |
-
PSYC 806 - Internship in Mental Health Therapy
|
| |
-
PSYC 833 - Advanced Techniques in Psychotherapy 3 Credits
633 Prerequisite(s): None This course is an overview and application of treatment models used in therapy to treat various mental health disorders. Specific techniques used in major theoretical models to treat mental, emotional and behavioral disorders will be reviewed. Psychoanalytical/psychodynamic models, cognitive-behavioral models, and the existential-humanistic theoretical approaches/models will be used to assess mental health disorders. Students will role play various techniques in class using these treatment models for various disorders.
|
| |
-
PSYC 836 - Practicum Counseling Psychology I 3 Credits
536 Prerequisite(s): 24 hours in the program, including PSYC 501 or 502, 503, 529 This course places emphasis on practical counseling with supervised experience in community and/or agency programs. The role of the administrator of community counseling services is considered. Problems and issues in counseling are examined. This is the first semester of the two-semester practicum experience and emphasizes basic skills. An intensive field experience is recommended. This course may be taken prior to passing the Comprehensive Examination.
|
| |
-
PSYC 837 - Life Style Assessment 3 Credits
537 Prerequisite(s): Two of the following courses: PSYC 501, COUN 509, PSYC 530 This course includes a comprehensive review of theory and technique in life style assessment - personality theory and analysis in Adlerian Psychology. The use of family constellation information, birth order, family atmosphere, and use of early recollections in life style assessment will be presented, demonstrated, and practiced. Students will discover how information obtained from the life style assessment is used in formulating counseling and psychotherapeutic strategies. Each student is required to complete and submit four life style assessments for evaluation.
|
| |
-
PSYC 838 - Practicum in Family Counseling 3 Credits
538 Prerequisite(s): PSYC 501, 530, COUN 532, and PSYC 536 This course will emphasize practical experience in counseling families based on principles of Individual Psychology. May not be substituted for Practicum I, 2001.536 in the master’s degree program.
|
| |
-
PSYC 857 - Practicum Counseling Psychology II 3 Credits
557 Prerequisite(s): None
|
| |
-
PSYC 858 - Internship in Counseling Psychology 3 Credits
558 Prerequisite(s): None
|
| |
-
PSYC 861 - Seminar in Counseling Psychology 3 Credits
561 Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of the Comprehensive Examination This course is designed to give the student guidance and practice in the preparation and writing of the research paper in the area of counseling psychology. The course will focus attention on a review of relevant literature on current trends, issues and problems in counseling with presentations and class discussions. This class should be taken during the last six hours of the degree program.
|
Public Administration |
| |
-
PUAD 502 - Qualitative Research Methods 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None The study and application of research methodology for organizations for use as a tool in decision-making. Emphasis is on applied research theories and designs for methodological approaches that apply non-experimental and quasi-experimental research designs as part of the research strategy.
|
| |
-
PUAD 503 - Management Systems 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None This course examines the various types of management systems and controls that are utilized in large complex systems for the purpose of tracking organizational performance. Students will study the relationship between strategic management and performance monitoring. An overview of management information systems and their relationship to organizational politics will be covered as a necessary part of understanding how planning and management control systems operate. The emphasis in this course is on public sector organizations.
|
| |
-
PUAD 524 - Public Budgeting 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): None Concepts, principles, and practices and their specific application to the development of resources in support of programs and the allocation of these resources against the demands at national, state, and local levels. The student will evaluate performance budgeting, PPBS, and zero-based budgeting.
|
| |
-
PUAD 525 - Specialized Individual Study (Elective Course) 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Approval of Advisor Specialized individual study requires the student to do a major study that applies and integrates prior learning and course work. The student may design a project from an academic domain that is relevant for the Public Administration discipline as approved by the advisor/instructor.
|
| |
-
PUAD 601 - Concepts of Public Administration 3 Credits
501 Prerequisite(s): None A survey of the fundamentals of public administration, management strategies and management techniques at the national, state, and local levels.
|
| |
-
PUAD 603 - Public Policy Analysis 3 Credits
530 Prerequisite(s): None Focus is on the analysis of costs and benefits in the selection of public policy choices. Students analyze public policy alternatives, factors, and processes involved in policy development, including the rulemaking that occurs after legislative enactment of public programs.
|
| |
-
PUAD 604 - Strategic Leadership Seminar 3 Credits
(Fall)
Prerequisite(s): The systems leadership seminar will feature BSU, community and civic leaders discussing strategies and approaches in facilitating collaborative leadership to solve complex problems involving multiple actors. Each year, the course will involve a complex, multi-disciplinary case that students will work through during the course of the semester and feature guest speakers to discuss how similar cases have been handled in “real life” in the recent past.
|
| |
-
PUAD 605 - Manager in a Technological Society 3 Credits
505 Prerequisite(s): None This course examines the relationship between the manager and technology in a rapidly changing world. The focus is on the new management paradigm with respect to organizations of the future and the changing nature of work. The emphasis is on new organizational forms, networks, leadership and globalization
|
| |
-
PUAD 612 - Strategic Planning for Public and Non Profit 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): All background courses Students will learn the process of adapting the organization to a rapidly changing environment by applying vision-based diagnosis and strategic planning to reposition organizations in the public and non-profit environment so that they can survive and prosper. Topics covered include re-engineering through organizational transformation, situation analysis, organizational invention and innovation.
|
| |
Page: 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
|
Print this Page